:center Hi! My name is Nathan Hoad (obviously) and I live in Brisbane, Australia with my wife [Kristen](http://maclawstudent.blogspot.com) and our cat, Aristoclea. I am a software developer and use a variety of technologies but what excites me the most is the web and building apps using [Ruby on Rails](http://rubyonrails.org). I also enjoy [graphic design](/projects/graphic-design) and can often be found in Inkscape designing up something. Check out my [Deviant Art profile](http://nathanhoad.deviantart.com). Some of the blogs that can be found in my reading list are [Abduzeedo](http://abduzeedo.com/), [Ajaxian](http://ajaxian.com/), [Coding Horror](http://www.codinghorror.com/), [Daring Fireball](http://daringfireball.net), [Fresh Home](http://freshome.com/), and [XKCD](http://xkcd.com). I find inspiration in the music of John Williams, Nobuo Uematsu, Hans Zimmer, and James Newton Howard. Oh, and you can [follow me on Twitter](http://twitter.com/nathanhoad). 2009-06-05T21:33:56+10:00 1 2009-06-08T23:24:36+10:00 about